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And it’s always fun to hear from the 1/2 tons are grocery getters crowd.
Throw a slip tank and 20 sacks of grout behind the kiddy seats and hook a 5 ton trailer to your minivan or crossover and call me when it’s broken and you’re in the ditch. I got a little half ton grocery getter that will not only pull you out but haul and tow what you were trying to, with little effort and no fanfare!
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map40 wrote:
I still have my 2008 Chrysler Town & Country minivan that can haul as much as a truck but is much more efficient.
Go pick up a cube of brick or block, or 40 sheets of 5/8 drywall, and haul it home in that Chrysler minivan, then report back on the efficiency.
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Map40 said..."I still have my 2008 Chrysler Town & Country minivan that can haul as much as a truck but is much more efficient. And as I have a lifetime warranty bumper to bumper I will never get ride of it."
Tell us that minivan belongs to your spouse. Most men would not drive one, and certainly not want to be seen loading it up at HD, or Lowes. Actually SUVs became the popular soccer mom rig, as they wanted to regain self respect. ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/smile.gif "smile")
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MFL wrote:Map40 said..."I still have my 2008 Chrysler Town & Country minivan that can haul as much as a truck but is much more efficient. And as I have a lifetime warranty bumper to bumper I will never get ride of it."
Tell us that minivan belongs to your spouse. Most men would not drive one, and certainly not want to be seen loading it up at HD, or Lowes. Actually SUVs became the popular soccer mom rig, as they wanted to regain self respect.
Jerry
LOL. Back in early 80s, in the same bodyshop, brother was repairing a wrecked late model half ton GM pickup. Quitting time, we would turn to a early 70s GM station wagon, building for demolition derby. Now by eye we could tell nothing about the strength of steel used, but brakes frame and all suspension parts on SW, looked to be as least as heavy duty as the PU.
OT. Years back, the contractor called "Put trucks on hold, give us time to dry the site" Now I had faith we would work, know it is hard to round up drivers once they scatter, "I'll buy breakfast." 5 of 7 had regular cab PU, 1 had MC, the other had a mini van. I suggested we all ride together. "No! it's a mini van, I can't haul this many of you big MFs!" We took 3 PUs (Later learned he was living in van thru week, going home on weekend)
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Oooooh, snap!
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Grit dog wrote:And it’s always fun to hear from the 1/2 tons are grocery getters crowd.
Throw a slip tank and 20 sacks of grout behind the kiddy seats and hook a 5 ton trailer to your minivan or crossover and call me when it’s broken and you’re in the ditch. I got a little half ton grocery getter that will not only pull you out but haul and tow what you were trying to, with little effort and no fanfare!
Lol
You have a 1/2 ton that will haul 12k lbs and will still pull me out of the ditch?? Cool.
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Grit dog
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propchef wrote:Grit dog wrote:And it’s always fun to hear from the 1/2 tons are grocery getters crowd.
Throw a slip tank and 20 sacks of grout behind the kiddy seats and hook a 5 ton trailer to your minivan or crossover and call me when it’s broken and you’re in the ditch. I got a little half ton grocery getter that will not only pull you out but haul and tow what you were trying to, with little effort and no fanfare!
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You have a 1/2 ton that will haul 12k lbs and will still pull me out of the ditch?? Cool.
Of course!
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map40
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MFL wrote:Map40 said..."I still have my 2008 Chrysler Town & Country minivan that can haul as much as a truck but is much more efficient. And as I have a lifetime warranty bumper to bumper I will never get ride of it."
Tell us that minivan belongs to your spouse. Most men would not drive one, and certainly not want to be seen loading it up at HD, or Lowes. Actually SUVs became the popular soccer mom rig, as they wanted to regain self respect.
Jerry
See, I care for practical application and money in my pocket. If I have to drive my minivan in front of a bunch of contractors I could not care less what they think. I just know I can carry anything I need and I can drop it at the dealer and they will fix it for free...
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Huntindog wrote:shelbyfv wrote:Tvov wrote:pianotuna wrote:
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Bottom line we need to get off fossil fuels as fast as we can.
Why? ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/awink.gif "awink") I know it's a joke but apparently somewhere between 7% and 14% of US adults are still climate change deniers. Scary isn't it? Weather forcasts are not accurate more than about a week out....Yet we are supposed to believe forcasts decades out? Bottom line is climate change is real no point in denying it. Real truth is it has been going on since the earth was formed and we are not going to change it. Explain the ice age or whale bones and sea shell fossils in the middle of the dessert. Fossil fuels did not do that.
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Eddie,
They took thousands of years to accomplish what we have done in 200 years.
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